Laurie Gwen Shapiro
@lauriestories.bsky.social
author, journalist, documentary director - - Amelia Earhart's biographer
A top 10 history book year at Smithsonian “Shapiro reveals a more complex Earhart than often acknowledged, a woman who was ‘ambitious, courageous, intelligent, curious, sexual, overconfident, lazy, kindhearted, shrewd and flawed.’” @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
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The Ten Best History Books of 2025
Our favorite titles of the year resurrect overlooked histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today
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November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A top 10 history book year at Smithsonian “Shapiro reveals a more complex Earhart than often acknowledged, a woman who was ‘ambitious, courageous, intelligent, curious, sexual, overconfident, lazy, kindhearted, shrewd and flawed.’” @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
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Excited!
I will be on CSpan’s BookTV from the Miami Book Fair, talking about The Aviator and the Showman and the marriage of Amelia Earhart and George Palmer Putnam.
There are so many writers here! - feel very grateful to be interviewed for television. @vikingbooks.bsky.social #ameliaearhart
I will be on CSpan’s BookTV from the Miami Book Fair, talking about The Aviator and the Showman and the marriage of Amelia Earhart and George Palmer Putnam.
There are so many writers here! - feel very grateful to be interviewed for television. @vikingbooks.bsky.social #ameliaearhart
November 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Excited!
I will be on CSpan’s BookTV from the Miami Book Fair, talking about The Aviator and the Showman and the marriage of Amelia Earhart and George Palmer Putnam.
There are so many writers here! - feel very grateful to be interviewed for television. @vikingbooks.bsky.social #ameliaearhart
I will be on CSpan’s BookTV from the Miami Book Fair, talking about The Aviator and the Showman and the marriage of Amelia Earhart and George Palmer Putnam.
There are so many writers here! - feel very grateful to be interviewed for television. @vikingbooks.bsky.social #ameliaearhart
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The Aviator and the Showman by @lauriestories.bsky.social
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The Aviator and the Showman by @lauriestories.bsky.social
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Have you read @lauriestories.bsky.social’s ‘The Aviator and the Showman?
Since you’ve evoked him, here’s what ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ author
David Grann thought of it:
Since you’ve evoked him, here’s what ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ author
David Grann thought of it:
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Have you read @lauriestories.bsky.social’s ‘The Aviator and the Showman?
Since you’ve evoked him, here’s what ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ author
David Grann thought of it:
Since you’ve evoked him, here’s what ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ author
David Grann thought of it:
A YouTube link for my ABC News Australia appearance talking Amelia Earhart youtu.be/vCgubujNmK0?...
What was Amelia Earhart's last message before disappearing? | The World | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A YouTube link for my ABC News Australia appearance talking Amelia Earhart youtu.be/vCgubujNmK0?...
A few screenshots from my appearance this morning on The World on ABC News Australia.
iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2508...
My segment is LONG and begins at 35:34 and runs to 46:35.
iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2508...
My segment is LONG and begins at 35:34 and runs to 46:35.
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A few screenshots from my appearance this morning on The World on ABC News Australia.
iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2508...
My segment is LONG and begins at 35:34 and runs to 46:35.
iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2508...
My segment is LONG and begins at 35:34 and runs to 46:35.
gift link quoted in the Times today! #ameliaearhart www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
Trump Administration Releases Thousands of Amelia Earhart Files
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November 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
gift link quoted in the Times today! #ameliaearhart www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
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Easily the best nonfiction book I've read from this year. Check it out if you haven't already.
So happy and grateful to have The Aviator and the Showman named one of Amazon’s best biographies and memoirs of 2025
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Best Biographies and top memoirs of 2025 | Amazon.com
Jump in and learn from real lives in these intriguing biographies and memoirs released in 2025.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Easily the best nonfiction book I've read from this year. Check it out if you haven't already.
So happy and grateful to have The Aviator and the Showman named one of Amazon’s best biographies and memoirs of 2025
www.amazon.com/b/?_encoding...
www.amazon.com/b/?_encoding...
Best Biographies and top memoirs of 2025 | Amazon.com
Jump in and learn from real lives in these intriguing biographies and memoirs released in 2025.
www.amazon.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
So happy and grateful to have The Aviator and the Showman named one of Amazon’s best biographies and memoirs of 2025
www.amazon.com/b/?_encoding...
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I am the latest guest on THE BOWERY BOYS, my favorite podcast. Dreams come true! Talking about Amelia Earhart, natch! #ameliaearhart @boweryboys.bsky.social
The Many Mysteries of Amelia Earhart: Stories from the Golden Age of Aviation - The Bowery Boys: New York City History
The aviation hero Amelia Earhart, who became one of the world’s most famous women during the Great Depression, is one of those historic figures that people think they know quite well. But during her l...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I am the latest guest on THE BOWERY BOYS, my favorite podcast. Dreams come true! Talking about Amelia Earhart, natch! #ameliaearhart @boweryboys.bsky.social
one time Amelia Earhart in NYC walking tour Dec 9 - only 20 spots. @untappedny.bsky.social
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Walk Through Amelia Earhart’s NYC with Author Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Uncover the New York City haunts of America's iconic 1920s/1930s aviator on this one-time, special edition tour!
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October 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
one time Amelia Earhart in NYC walking tour Dec 9 - only 20 spots. @untappedny.bsky.social
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🚨 Registration is open!
Date: Thursday, Oct 9.
Time: 6:00–8:00pm EDT
Location: 20 Cooper Square, Room 7C
I'll be at Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU for a lively conversation between me & Daniel Zalewski, esteemed Features Director of The New Yorker. He is the best in the business.
Date: Thursday, Oct 9.
Time: 6:00–8:00pm EDT
Location: 20 Cooper Square, Room 7C
I'll be at Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU for a lively conversation between me & Daniel Zalewski, esteemed Features Director of The New Yorker. He is the best in the business.
In Conversation: The New Yorker’s Daniel Zalewski with Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Join us for a special evening as The New Yorker’s Features Director Daniel Zalewski (NYU Journalism alum) sits down with narrative nonfiction aut...
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October 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🚨 Registration is open!
Date: Thursday, Oct 9.
Time: 6:00–8:00pm EDT
Location: 20 Cooper Square, Room 7C
I'll be at Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU for a lively conversation between me & Daniel Zalewski, esteemed Features Director of The New Yorker. He is the best in the business.
Date: Thursday, Oct 9.
Time: 6:00–8:00pm EDT
Location: 20 Cooper Square, Room 7C
I'll be at Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU for a lively conversation between me & Daniel Zalewski, esteemed Features Director of The New Yorker. He is the best in the business.
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Amazing read.
My very first piece for @theatlantic.com
My first piece for @theatlantic.com
“…Earhart’s 1937 disappearance has been fertile ground for speculation: pulp stories, Hollywood films, and best-selling books that turned a tragic...”
#theaviatorandtheahowman #ameliaearhart @vikingbooks.bsky.social
My first piece for @theatlantic.com
“…Earhart’s 1937 disappearance has been fertile ground for speculation: pulp stories, Hollywood films, and best-selling books that turned a tragic...”
#theaviatorandtheahowman #ameliaearhart @vikingbooks.bsky.social
The Truth About Amelia Earhart
Conspiracy theories about her disappearance do a disservice to the pilot’s remarkable, flawed legacy.
www.theatlantic.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Amazing read.
My very first piece for @theatlantic.com
My first piece for @theatlantic.com
“…Earhart’s 1937 disappearance has been fertile ground for speculation: pulp stories, Hollywood films, and best-selling books that turned a tragic...”
#theaviatorandtheahowman #ameliaearhart @vikingbooks.bsky.social
My first piece for @theatlantic.com
“…Earhart’s 1937 disappearance has been fertile ground for speculation: pulp stories, Hollywood films, and best-selling books that turned a tragic...”
#theaviatorandtheahowman #ameliaearhart @vikingbooks.bsky.social
The Truth About Amelia Earhart
Conspiracy theories about her disappearance do a disservice to the pilot’s remarkable, flawed legacy.
www.theatlantic.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
My very first piece for @theatlantic.com
My first piece for @theatlantic.com
“…Earhart’s 1937 disappearance has been fertile ground for speculation: pulp stories, Hollywood films, and best-selling books that turned a tragic...”
#theaviatorandtheahowman #ameliaearhart @vikingbooks.bsky.social
My first piece for @theatlantic.com
“…Earhart’s 1937 disappearance has been fertile ground for speculation: pulp stories, Hollywood films, and best-selling books that turned a tragic...”
#theaviatorandtheahowman #ameliaearhart @vikingbooks.bsky.social
Excited! Well seeing this piece inspired by my book on the front page of the Sunday Times Real Sstate section made my morning! Nothing like print.
September 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Excited! Well seeing this piece inspired by my book on the front page of the Sunday Times Real Sstate section made my morning! Nothing like print.
I loved this new piece on my Amelia Earhart book, The Aviator and the Showman by Jennifer Ouelette at @arstechnica.com
New Amelia Earhart bio delves into her unconventional marriage
Author Laurie Gwen Shapiro chats with Ars about her latest book, The Aviator and the Showman.
arstechnica.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I loved this new piece on my Amelia Earhart book, The Aviator and the Showman by Jennifer Ouelette at @arstechnica.com
Reposted by Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Shoutout to @lauriestories.bsky.social as I've recently read her very fine "The Aviator and the Showman" which covers the marriage of Amelia Earhart & George Putnam in great depth. Ms. Shapiro, your work gives me some new tour points as a docent at NASM. Thanks for your thorough research. 1/3
September 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Shoutout to @lauriestories.bsky.social as I've recently read her very fine "The Aviator and the Showman" which covers the marriage of Amelia Earhart & George Putnam in great depth. Ms. Shapiro, your work gives me some new tour points as a docent at NASM. Thanks for your thorough research. 1/3
“The Aviator and the Showman,” Ms. Shapiro’s intriguing new double biography of Earhart and George Palmer Putnam..."
The New York Times story, inspired by my book, will eventually be in print in the Streetscapes section in the Real Estate section - but here's an early online version!
The New York Times story, inspired by my book, will eventually be in print in the Streetscapes section in the Real Estate section - but here's an early online version!
The New York City Buildings Amelia Earhart Left Behind
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“The Aviator and the Showman,” Ms. Shapiro’s intriguing new double biography of Earhart and George Palmer Putnam..."
The New York Times story, inspired by my book, will eventually be in print in the Streetscapes section in the Real Estate section - but here's an early online version!
The New York Times story, inspired by my book, will eventually be in print in the Streetscapes section in the Real Estate section - but here's an early online version!
PICK FLICK!
Boston! Sept 25, 6 PM at East End Books Seaport. I’ll be talking Amelia Erhat and The Aviator and the Showman with Tom Perrotta (Election, Little Children, The Leftovers, Mrs. Fletcher, Tracy Flick Can’t Win).
Come by!It'll be smart, funny, maybe a little uncomfortable!
Boston! Sept 25, 6 PM at East End Books Seaport. I’ll be talking Amelia Erhat and The Aviator and the Showman with Tom Perrotta (Election, Little Children, The Leftovers, Mrs. Fletcher, Tracy Flick Can’t Win).
Come by!It'll be smart, funny, maybe a little uncomfortable!
Laurie Gwen Shapiro "The Aviator and the Showman" in conv. w/Tom Perrotta
Laurie Gwen Shapiro "The Aviator and the Showman" in conv. w/Tom Perrotta
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September 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
PICK FLICK!
Boston! Sept 25, 6 PM at East End Books Seaport. I’ll be talking Amelia Erhat and The Aviator and the Showman with Tom Perrotta (Election, Little Children, The Leftovers, Mrs. Fletcher, Tracy Flick Can’t Win).
Come by!It'll be smart, funny, maybe a little uncomfortable!
Boston! Sept 25, 6 PM at East End Books Seaport. I’ll be talking Amelia Erhat and The Aviator and the Showman with Tom Perrotta (Election, Little Children, The Leftovers, Mrs. Fletcher, Tracy Flick Can’t Win).
Come by!It'll be smart, funny, maybe a little uncomfortable!
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Ahoy, @lauriestories.bsky.social, my esteemed county librarian has just lent this to me. The queue is pretty active (3 copies in circulation, 14 folks waiting.) I'll get into it tonight & check back in a few days.
September 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Ahoy, @lauriestories.bsky.social, my esteemed county librarian has just lent this to me. The queue is pretty active (3 copies in circulation, 14 folks waiting.) I'll get into it tonight & check back in a few days.
I owe a few people books! Just sent a copy of The Aviator and the Showman to Franklin Delano Roosevelt III — grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and one of my sources.
Grateful for voices like his that helped bring this story to life.
Grateful for voices like his that helped bring this story to life.
September 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I owe a few people books! Just sent a copy of The Aviator and the Showman to Franklin Delano Roosevelt III — grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and one of my sources.
Grateful for voices like his that helped bring this story to life.
Grateful for voices like his that helped bring this story to life.
🚨 EVENT STATUS UPDATE 🚨
The free event I posted earlier—me chatting with the incredible journalist & author Patrick Radden Keefe—just flipped from Going Fast to FEW TICKETS LEFT.
The National Arts Club, NYC * Tues, Sept 30
* 6:30 PM
@praddenkeefe.bsky.social
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The free event I posted earlier—me chatting with the incredible journalist & author Patrick Radden Keefe—just flipped from Going Fast to FEW TICKETS LEFT.
The National Arts Club, NYC * Tues, Sept 30
* 6:30 PM
@praddenkeefe.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/author-lau...
Author Laurie Gwen Shapiro in conversation with Patrick Radden Keefe
Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon
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September 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
🚨 EVENT STATUS UPDATE 🚨
The free event I posted earlier—me chatting with the incredible journalist & author Patrick Radden Keefe—just flipped from Going Fast to FEW TICKETS LEFT.
The National Arts Club, NYC * Tues, Sept 30
* 6:30 PM
@praddenkeefe.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/author-lau...
The free event I posted earlier—me chatting with the incredible journalist & author Patrick Radden Keefe—just flipped from Going Fast to FEW TICKETS LEFT.
The National Arts Club, NYC * Tues, Sept 30
* 6:30 PM
@praddenkeefe.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/author-lau...
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Just finished @lauriestories.bsky.social's "The Aviator and the Showman," a vivid and beautifully told account of Amelia Earhart, her book publisher husband, and her groundbreaking flights. Loved it. Highly recommended.
August 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Just finished @lauriestories.bsky.social's "The Aviator and the Showman," a vivid and beautifully told account of Amelia Earhart, her book publisher husband, and her groundbreaking flights. Loved it. Highly recommended.